St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-23

n y novel and dangerous
kN sport INDUCED in re-
NJ Gently by two Montana
4 cowboys, whose reckless
NY. daring, it seems, is sec
49, - Ond nature to them,
- y whether upon plain or
" - upon sea, says the Jun
~ = eau (Alaska) Free Press.
~ These knights of the
- ,:ssT5fts = spur came to Alaska but
= ~ ny recently from the cattle
regions0f Montana to try
their luck in tee new gold fields. When
they arrived at Juneau they found that
the saddles, brides and spurs which
they had equipped themselves with be-
fore starting could be used only as 0rna-
ments in this land of inland seas; that
the cayuse pony and bride rein were
supplemented by the Indian canoe and
paddle.
But they were equal to any emer-
gency. and, although it strained a ten
der chord when chepS and spurs were
cast aside, they yielded to the situation
and were soon the owners of substan-
came here strictly for business they
soon were pulling manfully on the oars,
their final destination being indicated
by a rude scrawl on one side of the
canoe which read: "BuZZards Bay OF
Bust. no Buckin' and Il smooth trale con-
Sidered'
The first day out, encountering a
head wind, and after making only about
eight miles. they pulled into camp at
shutdown, which at that season was
about $50 p. m., having started cut at z
o'clock in the morning. They probably
thought it the longest day of their lives,
which it undoubtedly was. Their shirts
were wringing wet with sweat, both
turns in ''cussing" the Alaska cayuse as
"a piece of hoss-flesh that wouldn't
fetch as much as the hide of NANCY
cayOta."
After uncOrking capat ious dimijohn,
their bell Loss" as they termed it, fol-
lowed by two minutes study of as
tronomy, they soon had camp pitched.
The next thing was supper, and the bal
ance of the evening was spent i'll frying
beefsteak and discussing the advisable
ity of kidnapping some tender forest
maid to act in the capacity of cook when
on land, and more especially to steer
the canoe when on water, for" said
one, 1.-The burned critter acts as though
it had the blind staggerS, and Ed as sun
try to gee-haW three-year-Old COLT
resumed, and, having stern wind, a
saddle-blanket in lieu of a sail was
hoisted, and with one seated in the
stern, helm in hand, and the other at
the oars, fair progress was made. The
bar was passed and the open waters
reached, when suddenly the man in the
stern yelled, ''Buffaler, be gosh!'' and
called to his companion to throw him
the RATA, meaning coil of rope lying
in the bottom of the boat. Upon receiv-
ing it he quickly made one end fast to
the tiller, and forming running moose
at the other, poised himself with loop in
one hand and coil in the other.
1.-The buffalo, or fin-back whale. as it
was, could be seen spouting and rolling
among the waves about 200 yards for
ward. 1t would shoot up exposing over
half of its ponderous body and then
slowly sink head foremost, throwing a
huge tail high into the air, which action
afforded an excellent opportunity for
one skilled in casting the lasso. The
sea monster, much to the chagrin of the
two amateur mariners, slowly sank
out of sight beneath the waves But a
moment after huge knife-Shaped fin
cutting the water warned the man with
| the lassO that his game was approach
| ing and the man at the oars began to
pull Justify toward it.
AS both canoe and whale were max
ing toward each other, soon distance of
| only fifty feet separated them, when the
OarSman began to slow up. The sea
| monarch by this time having spent itself
in blowing began to sink. Now was the
golded opportunity, so twirling the
great loop around once, twice, thrice, it
was cast from steady hand and settled
fairly over the monsters tail. AS it
sank the moose frightened and made fast
just under the tail fin.
The prize was caught, but whether
they had the whale or the whale had
them was matter of speculation. The
rope being Of some length, little time
elapsed before any effect was felt by
the occupants of the boat, who, with
bated breath, were waiting for further
developments. Suddenly the rope was
drawn taut, the canoe made dive side
ways, shipping several gallons of water
and nearly threw the adventurous cow
boys into the sea, but after spinning
around in half-circle it righted, and
commenced to shoot through the water
at the rate of about forty knots an hour.
The boys, with feet braced and hands
graSplng the seats, were determined to
see it out, although their hair was
bristling up like the quilts on pestered
PolSuplhCs IHC odll UeSdIl 10 gamer
wind, and the strain becoming so great.
it was torn from the mast. When the
canoe was relieved of this weight aft it
began to pitch and dive, and was mo-
mentarily in danger of being pulled I'M
der altogether. Although the boys were
loath to let their fairly captured prize
escape them, it was plain to be seen that
something would have to be done, and
quickly. So one of them let go his hold
on the seat with one hand, and with the
other was attempting to draw his knife,
with the intention of cutting the rope.
when, snap! it parted of itself.
When relieved of the great weight the
stern of the canoe shot up like a rocket.
and the man who had partially loosened
his hold was tossed overheard into the
sea: But among hard knocks and cold
baths he was at home, and he soon
popped to the surface and commenced
blowing out salt water and yelling for
help. The canoe was under too much
Roadway for his companion to bring it
about, so he tossed an oar overheard.
which the luckless cowboy soon became
possessed of, and managed to keen him
self af1oat until pulled into the canoe.
Solace was again sought in the "bell
boss" after which the bold adventures
pulled for the shore.
AN EARTHLY PARADISE.